Movable bracket-table



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Patented Mar. 29, 1921.

A. W. SIMON.

MOVABLE BRACKET TABLE.

APPLICATION FILEDJUNE 10, 1919.

Patented Mar. 29, 1921.

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ABRAHAM WILLIAM SIMON, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

MOVABLE BRACKET-rants.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 29, 1921.

Application filed June 10, 1919. Serial No. 303,032.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ABR AM WILLIAM SIMON, a subject of Russia, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Movable Bracket Tables; and I do declare the follow1ng to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which. it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specificatlon.

This invention relates to improvements in bracket tables, having for its object a simple and sturdy construction which enables the table easily and quickly to be adjusted to any desired positionin the forward, rearward and lateral directions and to any de' sired angle or to be folded against the wall, thereby, when not in use to occupy as small space as possible.

WVith the above object in new the 1nvention consists of certain features of structure, combination and relation which will be pointed out in detail as the description. pro

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bracket table in which the features of the invention are incorporated, the parts being extended.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation but with the parts folded.

Fig. 3 is a plan view with the parts folded.

Fig; 4 is a detail sectional view of the hinge connection between the bracket members.

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view showing the locking means for holding the board or top at any desired angle.

Figs. 6 and 7 are plan vlews of alternatlve forms of supporting lugs.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The bracket structure includes two hingedly connected horizontally disposed members 1 and 2, both mounted to swing about a vertical axis and the table proper consists of a board or top 3 which is mounted on the member 2. The bracket may be supported from an upright i or from. the

wall, by means of suitable supporting lugs 5. These are preferably arranged above and below the member 1 and cooperate by means of their recesses 5, with vertically alining hearing projections or trunnions 6 formed in said member, the lugs 5 and trunmons 6 ilfunctioning as a hinge. here an upright 4L is employed the lugs 5 are combined with a clamp "7 which is tightened uponsaid upright and consists of two matching halves whose cross section may be round (Fig. '3) or square (Fig. 6) or otherwise shaped to conform to the cross section of the upright. One of thesehalves as 7, is formed in one with, or secured to the lug 5 and. available by means of its apertured ears 7 for attachment to the wall if the use of the upright 45 is not desired. However, where the wall is used as a support, each lug 5 preferably has an ordinary attachment flange 8 (Fig. 7). i

The hinge connection ,9 between the mom bers 1 and 2 is treated at the outer end of the member 1 and may be of any suitable construction to provide for relative swinging niiovemonts of said members about a vertical. axis. As shown and preferred it comprises intermatching hinge beads 10 and 11 secured to the respective members and a suitably supported connecting pin 12. As shown the pin 12 is secured to the upper horizontal frame bar 13 of the member 2.

The board 3 is mounted for angular ad justment about a horizontal axis, means be ing provided for holding said board at any desired angle. Thus the bar 13 is provided with an enlargement 14 which in the construction shown is constituted by the cou pling by which said bar is connected to the lower frame bar of the member 2; and which carries a projecting screw stem 15 pro vided with a suitable nut 16. The board 3 is provided on its under side with bearing sleeves 1.7 and 18 fitted somewhat loosely over the bar 13 and stem 15 1'espectively;

. and the sleeve 18 and enlargement 14 have cooperating serrated. faces 19. When the nut 16 is backed off the board 3 may be turned to any position desired with reference to the bar 13 as a pivotal axis and when the nut 16 is tightened the faces 19 will be engaged, thereby to hold the board positively in the position to which it may be adjusted. Thus the board may be arranged in a horizontalplane to serve as a table or at any appropriate angle with its inclination in either directionfor use as a desk or for any other purpose desired. 7

By the adjustment of the member 1 in either direction about its hinged support and the correlative adjustment of the member 2 1n either direction about its hinge con- 'nectlon wlth the member 1 the board 3 may swung or folded close to the wall where it occupies very little space.

Having fully described my invention I claim: f I

- 1. Afbracket table embodying in combination horizontally extending rods provided at opposite ends with separably attached tubular members extending at right angles to said'rods, a rod extending through the tubular members at one end to connect and brace the horizontally extending rods and projecting through the tubular members to constitute supporting pintles, a rod extending through the tubular members at the other ends of the horizontal rods to connect and brace said rods at that end, a second set of horizontally extending rods provided at one end with separably attached vertically disposed tubular members which receive the rod that connects the adjacent ends of the companion set of horizontal rods, the adjacent tubular members of the two sets of horizontal rods serving to incase the vertical rod that pivotally connects one set of rods to the other set; and a table adjustably supported on the upper horizontal rod of said second mentioned set of rods.

2. A bracket table consisting of a plurality of brackets pivotally connected one to the other and each comprising horizontallv extending upper and lower disposed rods,

the outer ends of one set of rods being connected one to the other by a tubular coupling F through which the upper rod of said bracket extends, a table having on its under face lugs through which the upper rod of the outer bracket extends, one of said lugs having a serrated face coacting with the end of said tubular coupling, and a nut on the ends of the upper rod of the end bracket for holding the serrated faces of the coupling and able lug in adjusted engagement. 7

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ABRAI'IAM lVILLIAM SIMON.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL J. lmnrimx, FELIX KAUFMAN. 

